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You might have heard about this already, but there was a hurricane on the East Coast this weekend. The eye of the storm didn't result in the five boroughs becoming an archipelago somewhere near Greenland, and as a result the Monday Morning Meteorologists have spent much time debating whether New York City overreacted.

The 24-hour weather cycle of storms like this can indeed grow tiring, as if there's something new to glean from seeing another TV reporter driving through rain-slicked streets at some distant shore point for the 15th time. But another way to look at this is to consider what the reaction might have been had the devastation been a lot worse while the city did not at all prepare. Caution was called for, and the city's warnings and closures were prudent. Now let's move on.

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